Shoe of the ghillie type



May 19, 19316.

C. H. DANIELS SHOE OF THE GHILLIE TYPE Filed Oct. 8, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet l janzd 7%,? x 270%? jrzzjerziar hllCZe/Z '5 May 19, 1936..

C. H. DANIELS SHOE OF THE GHILLIE TYPE Filed Oct. 8, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ,Eive 71 2'0 7 laaeak/zfjara'el? 7%07212427 4K Wfimm Patented May 19, 1936 SHOE. OF THE GHILLIE TYPE Claude H. Daniels, Wellesley Hills,ivras; Application October 8, 1935, Serial No. 44,042

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in shoes of the Ghillie type which are shoes in which the quarter portions have opposed scalloped edges forming tabs which receive the lacing of the shoe.

Shoes of the Ghillie type are commonly made with either a single lacing hole in each of the tabs, in which case the tabs are not properly held down by the lacing and tend to curl up, or the tabs are made into loops to receive the lacing, and this is relatively more expensive since additional operations are required.

It is an object of my invention to disclose improvements in a shoe of the Ghillie type which is relatively cheap to manufacture and avoids the above-mentioned objections in previously manufactured shoes of this type and adds materially to the distinctive appearance of the shoe.

It is further an object of my invention to provide tabs on the quarter portions each of which has at least a pair of lacing openings so that the lacing will extend over the edge of the tab in two directions thereby holding down the tab and preventing curling.

It is still further an object of my invention to provide a shoe in which the lacing receiving openings or eyelets are placed in pairs on each side so that the lacing is on top of the shoe except for the relatively short portions which extend beneath the upper between the holes of each pair of holes.

Further objects and advantages of my im-' provements will be more readily apparent from the following description taken in connection with the specific embodiments thereof, as illustrated in the drawings.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a shoe;

Fig. 2 is a detail section on the plane indicated 2-2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing a portion of the shoe upper in Fig. 1 opened flat;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but illustrating a modification thereof, and

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 and showing another modification.

The shoe ID in Fig. 1 has a vamp l2 and quarter portions M which are stitched to the vamp by the stitching iii. A tongue I8 is also secured to the vamp by stitching 20, which is a continuation of the stitching [6. The tongue I8 overlaps on top of the vamp 12, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and the quarter portions I4 which also overlap on top of the vamp, partially overlap the sides of the tongue I 8. The margins of the quarter portions which are laced together have scalloped edges forming tabs 22, and each tab is formed with a pair of lace-receiving openings 24. It will be understood that the openings 24 may be provided with eyelets or otherwise 5 formed. The tongue l8 may also be provided with a pair of openings 26 at the base portion thereof, although these openings may be omitted if desired. The lacing 28 is applied as illustrated in Fig. 1, in which it will be noted that each tab is held down and prevented from curling upward by the lacing 28 which passes over themargins oi the quarter portions at each crossing.

In Fig. 4 the vamp 30 is formed with a central upwardly directed tab 32 provided with a pair of lace-receiving openings 33; the quarter portion 34 is stitched to the vamp as at 36 and the tongue 38 is stitched to the vamp at 40, but is placed beneath the vamp instead of above the vamp as in Fig. 1. The quarter portions 34 have tabs 36 and a pair of openings 38 in each tab adapted to receive lacing 40 in the same manner as previously illustrated.

Fig. 5 illustrates a construction which may be used for a womans shoe in which the shoe vamp 42 has quarter portions 44 stitched thereto at 46. The margins of the quarter portions 44 are more deeply scalloped than in the form shown in Fig.

1 to provide longer tabs 48, each of the tabs being provided with a pair of openings 50 to receive lacing 52.

It will be understood that the scallops may vary in size and may not be used at all. In any case the provision of twin holes or eyelets permit the novel lacing arrangement in which the margins of the quarters are held down by the lacing being above the margins at every crossing therebetween.

It should be understood that my invention may be practiced by making only a single hole in each leather tab but inserting in the hole a double eyelet of metal whereby the lacing may be passed downward through one hole of the eyelet and upward through the other hole.

I claim:

1. A shoe comprising an upper consisting of vamp and quarter portions, the quarters having opposed margins adapted to be laced together to hold the shoe on the foot, each of said quarter margins being formed with a plurality of in- 50 wardly projecting tabs and each of said tabs having a pair of openings therethrough, and a lacing extending outwardly and downwardly through the forward opening of each tab and then outwardly and upwardly through the rearward opening thereof, so that the lacing engages the upper surface of each tab at two points and thus holds down the edges thereof.

2. A shoe comprising an upper consisting of vamp and quarter portions and a tongue, said quarter portions and tongue being arranged to overlap on top of the marginal edge of the vamp and being stitched thereto, said quarter portions having opposed margins adapted to be laced together to hold the shoe on the foot, each of said quarter margins being formed with a plurality of tabs, each of said tabs having at least a pair of openings therein and a lacing which extends through the openings in said tabs above said tabs except for relatively short portions beneath said tabs between the openings of each pair so that said tabs are held down by the lacing to prevent curling.

3. A shoe comprising an upper consisting of vamp and quarter portions, the quarter portions having opposed scalloped margins adapted to be laced together to hold the shoe on the foot, each of said quarter portions being formed with a pair of openings adjacent each of the scallops on the marginal edge and a lacing passing through the openings in the quarter portions, said lacing being above said quarter portions except for the relatively short portions of lacing which extend beneath the quarter portions between the openings of each pair, whereby the scalloped marginal edges of the quarter portions are held down by the lacing.

CLAUDE H. DANIELS. 

